1. The police used strategies of intimidation, include constant interrogation, and threats to family members in attempts to coerce S. Nallakaruppan to fabricate evidence against DSAI (relating to sexual misdemeanors involving women).
2. Nalla was initially charged under the Firearms Act which carries penalties of fine and/or jail but these charges were withdrawn and he was recharged under the Internal Security Act (1960), which carries a mandatory death sentence as part of the strategy of intimidation.
3. His lawyer, Manjit Singh Dhillon has alleged in court that the then prosecutor, Abdul Gani Patail, offered to reduce the charge in return for Nalla providing evidence of DSAI’s sexual misdemeanors.
4. Similar intimidation tactics were used to extract a forced confession, later retracted, from DSAI’s adopted brother, Sukma Darmawan.
5. Other close associates of DSAI were also harassed and detained by police, only to be later released without charge: Mohamed bin Ahmad, DSAI’s private secretary in the DPM’s office was arrested on 12th September 1998 and held for 14 days, Azmin H. Ali, DSAI’s private secretary in the Finance Ministry was arrested on 16 Sep 1998 and held for 7 days.
6. Special Branch director, Mohamed Said Awang testified that he may be willing to lie under oath if instructed to by his superiors.
To be continued…
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